Geological Society of London Special Publication. ClasticApplication of Multivariate Statistical Methods in Provenance provenance analysis. Because heavy minerals are very sensitive indicators of source change,... Heavy Mineral Analysis can help you in understanding sediment provenance, dispersal patterns, and in correlating unfossiliferous detrital rocks.

Heavy Minerals Origin AnalyticalRecognition of heavy minerals in Oman continental shelf sediments and their application for interpretation of sediments sourc rock is the purpose of this study. Seven core samples of sea sediment and three surface samples from tidal flat area have been examined.... 1 Original Petrography and heavy minerals as tools for reconstruction of provenance and depositional environment of Bhuban sandstones in Aizawl, Mizoram